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Rickie Smith Joins Elite Motorsports/Modern Racing Pro Mod Line Up for 2021...
Rickie Smith will be making the switch to a ProCharger in 2021 and he’s headed to Elite Motorsports to do it. The legendary three-time NHRA Pro Mod world champ dropped the bombshell on Friday,...
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DI Best of 2020: Jimmy Pelcarsky Drops Bombshell 4.12 Run in PDRA Pro Outlaw 632
Jimmy Pelcarsky wasn’t shy about sharing his goals for race day after qualifying No. 1 with a 4.179-second pass at the PDRA Summer Shootout at Virginia Motorsports Park in late August. He wanted to...
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RACERS REACT: “Stevie Fast”, Rickie Smith, Winters, Elkes, Laughlin,...
Some major NHRA Pro Mod news made waves to end the week, with a rule change that had many people in the class talking. According the NHRA Pro Mod rulebook, “Section 6: E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Drag...
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Intercomp’s RFX Wireless Racing Scales Add Convenience, Accuracy to Scaling
Intercomp’s RFX® Wireless Racing Scales are the choice of championship-caliber racers around the world. The system provides reliable and secure communication between scale pads and a wireless indicator...
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DI Best of 2020: J.R. Carr Makes History With Record-Breaking Run In Mountain...
The NHRA national event in St. Louis brought a number of highlights of the less than desirable sort. Leah Pritchett’s unbelievable crash. Pro Stock and Pro Mod being postponed in the middle of the...
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McLeod Introduces 2020 Mid- Engine Corvette C8 Transmission Frictions and...
McLeod continues to expand their frictions and steels kits with the addition of the 2020 Chevrolet Mid-Engine Corvette C8 application. Each kit contains high performance frictions and steels for the...
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DI Best of 2020: Jim Halsey Records First Big-Tire Nitrous Run in the 3.50s
Over 10 years after becoming the first driver to record a 5-second quarter-mile pass in a nitrous car, Jim Halsey added another “first” to his list of accomplishments at the 49th annual Snowbird Outlaw...
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Pat Musi Racing Engines Debuts New 959 Cubic Inch Engine Featuring 12.6 Deck...
The all-new 959 cubic inch monster from Pat Musi Racing Engines didn’t take long to show its potential. The latest nitrous engine had an immediate and impressive showing at the Snowbird Outlaw...
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Justin Ashley Appears on Drag Illustrated Issue 162 Cover Honoring Past 30...
In spite of all the challenges of the 2020 racing season, Top Fuel rookie Justin Ashley turned in a banner year, winning his first career race and being named the NHRA Rookie of the Year. It also led...
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Down-To-The-Wire Chase Ends in Second Consecutive PDRA Pro Nitrous...
Over the course of the last two Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) seasons, Jim Halsey has experienced two very different paths to the Switzer Dynamics Pro Nitrous world championship: leading...
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DI Best of 2020: Jeg Coughlin Jr. Tops Greg Anderson In World Doorslammer...
If you were to draw up a picture-perfect way to end an inaugural race where Pro Stock was the headliner and it featured the biggest single-race purse in the category’s history, it couldn’t have gone...
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Upset Stomachs and Endless Smiles: Lyle Barnett Recounts First Ever Pro Mod...
On the morning of his first testing session driving a Pro Mod for Elite Motorsports, Lyle Barnett admitted to being a little queasy due to nerves. By the end of the second day, though, the team already...
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Evan Bader Promoted to Track Manager Position at Summit Motorsports Park
Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio is proud to announce that Evan Bader has been named Track Manager. Bader began working part-time at the famed family-owned facility when he was ten years old,...
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Watch: Tony Stewart Goes Drag Racing with Frank Hawley
After Tony Stewart started showing up at NHRA events with his girlfriend, Top Fuel star Leah Pruett, fans speculated that it wouldn’t be long before the circle track racing hero found his way into a...
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DI Best of 2020: ‘Duck’ Doubles Down With 5 Races
While major series and local tracks across the country were forced to hold less races during the 2020 season, polarizing drag radial race promoter Donald “Duck” Long and his Duck X Productions team...
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NHRA Announces Eight-Race 2021 NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Series Schedule
NHRA has announced the eight-race schedule for the 2021 NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Racing Series, featuring the NHRA Motorsports Museum’s Hot Rod Reunions. The series will feature thrilling racing action,...
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Inaugural ‘Nitro Chaos’ Event Set for July 2021
Tally up another white-knuckle, never-been-done-before drag racing creation from the fearless mind of promoter Chris Graves as the announcement was made this fall in a partnership with Gerald Kramer...
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On the Road: Funny Car Chaos Series
Imagine for a moment a group of Funny Car racers who all decided to give their cars catchy names, just like in the early days of the sport. Ponder the scene of state-of-the-art, modern Funny Cars, as...
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DI Best of 2020: U.S. Nationals In Indy Draws Huge Car Count Despite Pandemic
There was plenty working against all of us in 2020 and that includes drag racing organizations. Drawing big numbers in the midst of a public health crisis seemed challenging at best and near-impossible...
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Product Spotlight: Composite Specialties PSI Extreme Pro Mod Injector
The Composite Specialties PSI Extreme Pro Mod injector is one of the fastest reacting hats in the industry. Equipped with 82-square-inch blade openings, the PSI carbon fiber injector fits a PSI screw...
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